Improvement in carpet-exhibitors



A. PETERSON. 'j-, Carpet-Exhibitor.

No. 222,730. Patemed Dec.16,18`79.

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AIIOLPHUS PETERSON, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TOSILAS O. GROFT, OF NEVT YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-EXHIBITORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 222,730, dated December16, 1879 application filed October 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ADoLPHUs PETERsoN,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventedeert-ain new and useful Improvements in an Adjustable Carpet- Exhibitor,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure l represents a side elevation. Fig. 2 isa plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Heretofore multiplying-mirrors have been used for exhibiting carpets andother samples ot' goods; but all such devices have been cumbersome andinconvenient to manipulate, and in order to operate them the mirrors hadeither to be clamped together by spring-clasps or hinged vertically atthe corners, and these held secure by hooks, making it necessary for theexhibitor in all cases to lift or slide at least two of the sections ofmirrors upon the face of the carpet each time a fresh pattern isrequired to be shown.

The object of ymy invention is to construct an exhibitor which willremain stationary on a suitable table or platform, and at no time moveany of its parts across or over the face of the carpet being exhibited.The various samples or patterns of different widths, having their endsconnected, are Wound on rollers situated below the table or platform,which serve to draw the pattern or patterns smoothly and evenly acrossthe plane of the table with the edge under the fixed mirror; and whenany particular pattern which seems to please the purchaser passes overthe table the hinged mirror is adjusted to position by sliding theextension-leaf up to the pattern, and the said mirror raised vertically,so that its base may rest upon the edge of the sample, for the purposeof still further multiplying the pattern. rIhe great advantage gained inhaving the near mirror hinged to and supported upon the extension-leafis so that it may be laid lat While the patterns are being run acrossthe table,wit.h a full unobstructed light on the same, the saidextension-leaf` having one or more dovetailed tongues, which extendthrough corresponding mortises in the mainframe, for the purpose ofkeeping the movement of the sliding mirror parallel to the `fixedmirror, as Well as serving to support the carpet or other sample fromsagging in the gap when exhibitin g a wide piece of goods. In the case'here presented, A A represent a rigid rectangular mirror, rigidlyattached to the table B, the said table being provided with ways O O ortheir equivalent,

for the purpose of receiving and holding an extension or sliding leaf,I), on whose outer side the mirror E is hinged, as shown at F, the saidmirror being held in vert-ical position, when desired, by means of asliding bolt, G, as shown in Figsl. and 2. t

Between each pair of the table-legs, or between suitable bracketsattached thereto, the rollers H H have their bearings. Upon theserollers the samples of carpet or other goods are Wound, so that thecarpet being wound ottone may be Wound on the other, and thereby kepttight and smooth on the pla-ne of the table. I I are pawls, which engagethe teeth ot' the ratchet-wheels J J, and serve to hold the rolls fromslipping back. K K are friction-rollers, extending the full Width of thetable.

Having thus describedqmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a sample-exhibitor,

of the rigid rectangular mirror A A, table B,

and ways C O with the sliding extension-leaf D and horizontally-hingedmirror E, for the use and purpose substantially as shown and described.

2. rIhe combination, in a sample-exhibitor, ot' the adjustable slidingmirror E and fixed rectangular mirror A A with the rollers H II andfriction-rollers K K, all arranged and operating together in the mannerand for the use and purpose specified.

ADOLPHUS PETERSON. Witnesses: i

WILLIAM H. LEWIS, CHARLES H. NASH.

